"Maybe then you comprehend, speaking one language only is a prison!"

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Source : David Mitchell (2008). “Black Swan Green”, p.153, Hachette UK

David Mitchell

#Language Quotes #Prison Quotes #Foreign Language Quotes

“If there are some who talk the same language as myself, then why should I neglect their interests for the sake of some other group of people who are alien and remote? they have their own 'gods and idols' and we have nothing in common. [...] If you try to please audiences, uncritically accepting their tastes, it can only mean that you have no respect for them: that you simply want to collect their money”
“I've got a group who can't play music, one bad comedian plus boyfriend, a nervous breakdown calling himself a magician, two coachloads of 70-year-old religious maniacs looking for a fight and a fancy-dress contest that nobody knew about.”
“Competitiveness always rests on the assumption of a life-and-death struggle.”
“I would want to be in a larger group. Personally, it would give me a sense of security, that we aren't a force to be messed with. I'd stay in the center of the group, and stay in shape! I've just got to be able to outrun the rest of them!”

Source : Source: www.askmen.com
“Mostly, I think people are fake. Well, what do you expect? The fake world we live in conspires to make us all fakes.”

Source : Benjamin Alire Sáenz (2013). “Last Night I Sang to the Monster”, p.15, Cinco Puntos Press
“Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.”
“Settle down, Princess. Itâ€™s not my first time.”
“If you give up because you announce the phenomenon cannot be explained, you are missing out.”

Source : "Causal machines". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 10, 2012.

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